Receptacle



P 1939. c. J. LAGERHOLM I 2,173,970

RECEPTACLE Filed Dec. 20. 1937 ,5 Lager/09h,

" 11mm M Patented Sept. 26, 1939 REGE-PTAGLEv Carl Julius Lagerholm, Attleboro, Mass, assignor to Evans Case Company,

North Attleboro,

Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application December 20, 1937. Serial No. 180,881

20 Claims.

The use to which the receptacle of the present invention is to be put is immaterial. In general receptacles include sections comprising side walls and a base. It is a purpose of the present invention to produce an economical, satisfactory, convenient and relatively cheap receptacle of this sort. The invention is directed particularly to the construction of the walls or frame and the base plate and assembly of these members. i

The walls of the receptacle section may be of any suitable shape and size. They may preferably consist of a channel member made into the desired form. With this frame may be associated a panel member forming the base of the section. With this may be associated an angle member to hold the panel member in place. The angle member may also conceal, cover and may give an attractive appearance to the joint between the panel member or insert plate and the frame.

When desired a cover or coating of some such material as leather, cloth or the like may be applied to parts, especially the panel member.

In the accompanying drawing are shown several specific forms of apparatus embodying the invention. Figure 1 is a plan View of a closed receptacle. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are fragmentary transverse sections similar to a portion of Fig. 2 showing optional constructions. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of a channel member in the form of a frame. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of the holding angle member. Figs. '7, 8, 9 and 10 are fragmentary perspectives of optional forms of panel members or insert plates. In Fig. 8 this is shown in connection with associated reinforcing and covering members.

The drawing shows a receptacle which is rectangular in form. There is a hinge member 20 connecting together two sections 2|, 22 which may be held in closed position by a suitable latching member indicated at 23. A straight channel member having legs 25, 26 as indicated in Fig. 5 may have the legs properly nicked and may be bent to form the frame of any suitable shape in a manner well known in the art. Preferably one leg 26 will be longer than the other leg 25. An insert plate 2'3 may be employed. As indicated in Figs. 2 and 7 the insert plate may consist of a portion shaped to correspond to the form of the frame member and may be of a size somewhat larger than the aperture between the inner edges of the longer legs 26. Toward its edge the plate 2? is turned in or up as at 28 leaving a panel substantially the same size as the inner aperture of the legs 25. This produces an edge lip 29 on the insert plate 21. As indicated at Fig. 2 when the insert plate 27 is put in position the edge lip 29 rests against the inner side of the longer legs 26 in the main frame. An angle member indicated '5 in Fig. 6 has a flat leg 30 which may correspond in length substantially to the width between the leg members 25 and 26. The angle member in addition has a leg 3| the outer edge of which terminates in an upwardly curved lip 32. As in- 0 dicated in Fig. 2 the leg 3b of the angle member is placed against the inner side of the channel member 2t, the leg 3i thus being brought into engagement with the edge 29 of the panel 2'! and the curved lip 32 resting upon the connecting portion 28 of the panel 2?. The angle member may then be Welded or soldered or fastened in any suitable way to the frame. It will thus hold in place the panel member 2'? and will cover the edge of the lip 29 and present a plain attractive appearance. The panel 21 may be treated or ornamented in any appropriate manner such as by coloring, plating, enamelling, embossing or covering with leather or fabrics of various sorts.

The section may be used alone or with any suitable cover. Two similar sections may be hinged together to form a receptacle or different sections may be so assembled. Thus'for purposes of illustration I have shown inFig. 2 the other section 22 as consistingof a panel member 33 illustrated in Fig. 8. The panel member 33 has cut out at its edges notches 34 from which the lugs 35 are turned up, The over all size of the panel 33 may be substantially equivalent to the over all size of the frame formed of the channel 24. Over the plate 33 may be placed a covering 36 of leather, fabric or the like. The covering 36 is slightly larger than the plate 33 so that the edges 31 may be turned up and over the edges of the back of the plate 33. The turned up portions 37 are preferably not quite wide enough to reach the lugs 35. Between the plate 33 and the cover 36 may be inserted a reinforcing sheet 38 so that the cover 36 may not sag or sink into or through the cut out apertures 34[ The sheet 38 may be soft or may be padded if desired to give a pleasant feel to the device. The" lugs 35are set back from the edge of the plate 33 a distance substantially equal to the length of the leg 23 of the channel member 24. When desired the plate 33 and the reinforcing sheet 38 and the cover 36 may be fastened together. The edges 3'! may then be fastened or held in folded position and the plate 33 may be put upon the frame and the lugs 35 turned as indicated in Fig. 2 to engage the legs 26. In this position the edge 31 of the cover 36 may be held between the plate 33 and the leg 26, thus ensuring the cover being held in position and on the plate. The leg 36 of the angle member may then be placed in position in the channel 24 and fastened in any suitable manner and the leg 3| will lie against and hold the inturned lugs 35. At the same time the overturned margin 32 will cover, conceal and rest against the inturned portions of the lugs 35.

Instead of forming the lugs 35 as indicated-in Fig. 8 they may be formed as indicated in Fig. 9

by punching lugs 35a set backward from the margin of the plate 33a a distance substantially equal to the length of the legs 26. Thus the apertures 3%. left by the lugs 35a are not at the margin of the plate 33a and it may be possible and desirable to omit the reinforcing or covering member 38. The plate 33a may be provided with a cover 36 and assembled in the frame 24 as indicated in Fig. 3 where the lugs 35a are shown bent over the leg 26 and covered and held in position by the cover portion 32 and the leg 3| when the leg 30 of the angle iron is fastened in position in the channel member 24.

As shown in Fig. 10 lugs 35b may be produced on the plate 3311 by being turned up in a direction opposite to the lugs 35a. The lugs 35?) may be set back from the edge of the plate 33b a distance substantially equal to the length of the legs 26 but the apertures 34b may not extend to the edges of the plate 33b. Such'a plate may be fastened in position as indicated in Fig. 4 where the lugs 35b are indicated as turned over the leg 26 and are covered by the portions 3! and 32 when the member 30 of the angle member is laced against the channel 24 where it may be fastened in any suitable manner.

The external surface of the channel members 24 and 26 may be suitably ornamented by coloring, plating, enamelling, chasing or the like. Thus the frame and the insert plates may be ornamented and attractive in appearance. The ornamentation throughout the receptacle may be uniform or portions of the frame may be provided with contrasting ornament or they may be provided with ornamentation corresponding to or contrasting with the ornamentation of the insert plates or panels. There is thus produced a cheap, economical construction which is attractive in appearance. The insert plates may be separately made, ornamented and assembled with their covers and the frame members may be separately formed and ornamented. The portions may thus be assembled to produce the complete receptacle by simple operations. The chance of the plate cover 36 being displaced or removed is very slight since the inturned edges 31 may be rigidly and securely held in place in the finally assembled device.

Structures embodying changes in form, arrangement, materials, size, etc., may still embody the invention which is not confined to the specific forms which have been described for the purpose of illustration and information.

In the accompanying claims the term metallic receptacle is employed as it may be preferred to make the device of metal but the expression is not intended to limit the invention which may be embodied in other materials Wholly or in part.

I claim as my invention:

1. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section with at least one leg extending inwardly, a somewhat flexible insert plate resting against said'leg, and an angle member adjacent the leg and engaging and holding the plate.

2. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section having one leg longer than the other and both legs extending inwardly, a somewhat flexible insert plate resting against the inside of the longer leg, and an angle member between the legs and engaging and holding the plate.

3. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section having one leg longer than the other and both legs extending inwardly, a somewhat flexible insert plate, an offset margin to the plate resting against the inside of the longer leg, and an angle member between the legs and engaging and holding the margin of the plate.

4. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section having one leg longer than the other and both legs extending inwardly, an insert plate, an offset margin to the plate resting against the inside of the longer leg, a portion joining the plate to the margin and overlying the end of the leg, and an angle member between the legs having a curved edge and engaging, covering and holding the margin of the plate and overlying the joining portion of the plate.

5. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section having one leg longer than the other and both legs extending inwardly, an insert plate, an offset plate resting against the inside of the longer leg, a portion joining the plate to the margin and overlying the end of the leg, and an angle member between the legs having a curved edge and engaging, covering and holding the margin of the plate with the curved edge overlying the joining portion of the plate.

6. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section having one leg longer than the other and both legs extending inwardly, a plate extending substantially to the border of the frame and resting at the side of the longer leg, a cover on the plate having its edges turned over the plate edges and fastened thereto and lying between the plate and the longer leg, upset lugs in the plate at a distance from the edges substantially equal to the length of the longer leg and turned over the leg to hold the plate and cover in place, and an angle member between the legs having a curved edge and engaging, covering and holding the turned portions of the lugs.

'7. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section having one leg longer than the other and both legs extending inwardly, a plate extending substantially to the border of the frame and resting at the side of the longer leg, a cover on the plate having its edges turned. over the plate edges and fastened thereto and lying between the plate and the longer leg, upset lugs in the plate at a distance from the edges substantially equal to the length of the longer leg and turned over the leg to hold the plate and cover in place, and an angle member between the legs and engaging, covering and holding the lugs with the curved edge overlying the turned portions of the lugs.

8. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section having both legs extending inwardly, a plate extending substantially to the border of the frame and resting at the side of one leg, a cover on the plate having its edges turned over the plate edges and lying between the plate and said leg, upset lugs in the plate at a distance from the edges substantially equal to the length of said leg and turned over said leg to hold the plate and cover in place, recesses in the plate adjacent the lugs and extending to the edges of the plate, a reinforcing member between the plate and the cover filling the recesses, and an angle member between the legs and engaging, covering and holding the lugs.

9. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section having both legs extending inwardly, a plate extending substantially to the border of the frame and resting at the side of one leg, a cover on the plate having its edges turned over the plate edges and lying between the plate and said leg, upset lugs in the plate at a distance from the edges substantially equal to the length of said leg and turned over said leg to hold the plate and cover in place, recesses in the plate adjacent the lugs and extending to the edges of the plate, and an angle member between the legs and engaging, covering and holding the lugs.

10. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section having both legs extending inwardly, a plate extending substantially to the border of the frame and resting at the side of one leg, a cover on the plate having its edges turned over the plate edges and lying between the plate and said leg, upset lugs in the plate at a distance from the edges substantially equal to the length of said leg and turned over said leg to hold the plate and cover in place, recesses in the plate adjacent the lugs, and an angle member between the legs and engaging, covering and holding the turned portions of the lugs.

11. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section having both legs extending inwardly, a plate extending substantially to the border of the frame and resting at the side of one leg, a cover on the plate having its edges turned over the plate edges and lying between the plate and said leg, upset lugs in the plate at a distance from the edges substantially equal to the length of said leg and turned over said leg to hold the plate and cover in place, recesses in the plate adjacent the lugs and between the lugs and the margins of the plate and an angle member between the legs and engaging, covering and holding the turned portions of the lugs.

12. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section with both legs extending inwardly, an insert plate, upset lugs in the plate turned over one leg, and an angle member between the legs and engaging, covering and holding the lugs.

13. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section with both legs extending inwardly, an insert plate, a cover on the plate having its edges turned over one leg and holding the cover between the leg and the plate, lugs on the plate engaging the leg, and an angle member between the legs and engaging and holding the lugs.

14. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section with both legs extending inwardly, an insert plate resting against one leg, a cover on the plate having its edges turned over the plate edges, upset lugs in the plate turned over said leg and holding the cover between the legand the plate, and an angle member adjacent the said leg and engaging and holding the lugs.

15. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section with at least one leg extending inwardly a somewhat flexible insert plate resting against said leg, and an angle member between the legs and having one wing of the angle member engaging and. holding the plate and the other wing of the angle member resting against the channel section.

16. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section with at least one leg extending inwardly, a somewhat flexible imperforate insert plate resting against said leg and an imperforate angle member adjacent the leg and engaging the plate and acting as the sole means for holding it in place.

17. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section having one leg longer than the other and both legs extending inwardly, a somewhat flexible insert plate resting against the inside of the longer leg and an imperforate angle member between the legs and engaging and holding the plate.

18. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section having one leg longer than the other and both legs extending inwardly, an insert plate, an olfset margin to the plate resting against the inside of the longer leg, a portion joining the plate to the margin and overlying the end of the leg, and an angle member between the legs engaging, covering and holding the margin of the plate.

19. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section having one leg longer than the other and both legs extending inwardly, a somewhat flexible insert plate resting against the inside of the longer leg, and an angle member wedged between the other leg and the insert plate so as to hold the plate in position.

20. A metallic receptacle section comprising a frame of channel section having both legs extending inwardly, an insert plate, a portion of the plate toward its margin resting against the inside of one leg, a portion joining the plate to the portion resting against the inside of the leg and overlying the end of the leg, and an angle member between the legs engaging, covering and holding the portion of the plate resting against the inside of the leg and overlying the joining portion.

CARL JULIUS LAGERI-IOLM. 

